Community Development of Java Specifications

Friday Dec 21, 2012

There have been many JSR postings for Java EE 7 JSRs this week to close out 2012. Two JSRs -- JSR 346 and 352 (JSR 341, 339 and 349 were the first JSRs to pass their Public Review ballots) -- passed Public Review Ballot by Executive Committee (EC) vote, and will continue progression to Proposed Final Draft and subsequent submission of Final Approval Ballot for another EC vote, before their Final Release. See the JCP timeline for JCP 2.8 and above JSRs below for reference.

JSR 346, Contexts and Dependency Injection for JavaEE 1.1, passed Public Review Ballot, with 18 yes votes from the Executive Committee (EC) and moved to JCP 2.9.

JSR 352, Batch
Applications for the Java Platform, passed Public Review Ballot, with 18
yes votes from the Executive Committee (EC) and moved to JCP 2.9.

Four(!) additional Java EE 7 JSRs have published Public Drafts in the last week for review and feedback prior to their Public Review ballots, scheduled for the middle of January 2013. See links below and send your feedback! You can view a list with schedule updates of the Java EE 7 JSRs on the Java EE wiki.

JSR 344, JavaServerFaces 2.2, published a Public Review Draft; the review closes 14 January 2013, and the EC ballot will start 15 January 2013.

JSR 356, Java API for WebSocket, published a Public Review Draft; the review closes 21 January 2013, and the EC ballot will start 22 January 2013.

JSR 338, Java Persistence 2.1, published a Public Review Draft; the review closes 21 January 2013, and the EC ballot will start 22 January 2013.

JSR 353, Java API for JSON Processing, published a Public Review Draft; the review closes 21 January 2013, and the EC ballot will start 22 January 2013.